Typhoon Attack (Häftad)
avNorman L. R. Franks
ISBN: 9780811706438 - UTGIVEN: 201006The rocket-firing Typhoon fighter played a pivotal role in the Allies' success in the air and on the ground in World War II, from the Normandy beachhead to the Battle of the Bulge and the final struggle for Germany. In this lively, dramatic account of aerial combat, Norman Franks describes what it w[...]
Fokker Dr 1 Aces of World War I (Häftad)
avNorman L. R. Franks
ISBN: 9781841762234 - UTGIVEN: 200108Undoubtedly the most famous fighter type to see service on either side during World War I, the Fokker Dr I was a revelation when it entered service on the western front in 1917. Manfred von Richthofen's JG I 'circus' was the first Jasta to completely re-equip with the new fighter, and in the skilled[...]
Fokker D VII Aces of World War I (Häftad)
avNorman L. R. Franks, Greg Van Wyngarden
ISBN: 9781841765334 - UTGIVEN: 2003-03Designed in a great rush at the end of 1917 just in time to take part in the German standard fighter competition held in January/February 1918, the D VII easily walked away with first prize. As Germanys premier fighter unit, von Richthofens JG I (led by Hermann Goring in the wake of the 'Red Baron's[...]
Fokker D VII Aces of World War I (Häftad)
avNorman L. R. Franks, Greg VanWyngarden
ISBN: 9781841767291 - UTGIVEN: 2004-06Befitting its status as Germany's premier fighter unit, von Richthofen's JG I (led by Hermann Goring in the wake of the 'Red Baron's recent death) received the first examples of the D VII to reach the frontline in late April. Built to oppose the new generation of French SPAD XIIIs and British SE 5as[...]
Jasta Boelcke (Inbunden)
avNorman L. R. Franks
ISBN: 9781904010760 - UTGIVEN: 2004-04As August 1916 drew to a close, the German Air Service was spiralling almost helplessly towards defeat on the Somme. The Artillery and Feldflieger Abteilungen, the Kampfstaffeln, had been quickly reduced to relative impotency by the overwhelming quantitative and qualitative superiority of the Allies[...]
